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South Wairarapa District

This section provides people and indicator data for South Wairarapa District.

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People data for South Wairarapa District

Ethnicity by age, proportion in the area and sex: Census 2006, Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1996, Projected population change, Household composition
Indicator data for South Wairarapa District

Health: Life expectancy, Cigarette smoking

Knowledge and Skills: Participation in early childhood education, School leavers with higher qualifications, Educational attainment of the adult population

Paid Work: Workplace injury claims

Economic Standard of Living: Population with low incomes, Household crowding

Civil and Political Rights: Voter turnout - local authority elections, Representation of women in local government

Cultural Identity: Māori language speakers, Language retention

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home

People data for South Wairarapa District

Ethnicity by age, proportion in the area and sex: Census 2006

Ethnicity European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Age Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
0 - 14 1,653 21.0 396 36.4 57 40.4 42 30.4 9 42.9 1,848 20.8
15 - 24 609 7.7 153 14.0 24 17.0 18 13.0 3 14.3 735 8.3
25 - 44 1,908 24.2 267 24.5 45 31.9 42 30.4 6 28.6 2,184 24.6
45 - 64 2,388 30.3 213 19.6 15 10.6 39 28.3 3 14.3 2,673 30.1
65 - 74 774 9.8 45 4.1 3 2.1 6 4.3 0 0 852 9.6
75+ 555 7.0 18 1.7 3 2.1 6 4.3 0 0 600 6.7
Total 7,884 100.0 1,089 100.0 141 100.0 138 100.0 21 100.0 8,892 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 92.4 12.8 1.7 1.6 0.2 108.6
Sex
Male 3,933 49.9 495 45.5 69 48.9 57 41.3 15 71.4 4,416 49.7
Female 3,951 50.1 594 54.5 72 51.1 81 58.7 6 28.6 4,473 50.3
    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1996

Year Estimated resident
population at June 		Population change Registered births
December year		 Registered deaths
December year		 Natural increase
December year
Number %
1996 9,150  -  - 121 85 36
1997 9,030 -120 -1.3 123 77 46
1998 9,020 -10 -0.1 139 72 67
1999 8,980 -40 -0.4 133 68 65
2000 9,000 20 0.2 110 67 43
2001 8,940 -60 -0.7 92 80 12
2002 8,990 50 0.6 111 66 45
2003 8,990 0 0.0 98 65 33
2004 9,020 30 0.3 118 75 43
2005 9,050 30 0.3 109 65 44
2006 9,120 70 0.8 115 60 55
2007 9,140 20 0.2 138 59 79
2008 9,190 50 0.5 138 85 53

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   9,500 9,700 9,800 9,900 9,900 800 9.0
Medium 9,100 9,300 9,300 9,300 9,200 9,000 -200 -2.0
Low   9,100 8,900 8,700 8,400 8,000 -1,100 -12.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,254 43.0 1,203 37.2 1,023 31.3 909 26.9 921 25.9
Couples without children 699 23.9 894 27.6 993 30.4 1,119 33.2 1,230 34.6
Multi-family 33 1.1 39 1.2 42 1.3 39 1.2 45 1.3
One parent family 237 8.1 297 9.2 336 10.3 330 9.8 279 7.9
One person 579 19.8 684 21.1 759 23.3 882 26.1 987 27.8
Other multi-person 117 4.0 117 3.6 114 3.5 96 2.8 87 2.4
Total 2,919 100.0 3,237 100.0 3,264 100.0 3,375 100.0 3,552 100.0
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Indicator data for South Wairarapa District

Health

Life expectancy - TLA data not available so regional figure provided

Life expectancy at birth indicates the total number of years a person could expect to live, based on the mortality rates of the population at each age in a given year or period.

  1995 - 1997 2000 - 2002 2005 - 2007
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Life expectancy at birth (years) 74.8 79.9 76.9 81.6 78.9 83.0

Cigarette smoking

The proportion (%) of the population in the area aged 15 years and over who currently smoke cigarettes.

The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by sex
Year Male Female Total
Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,116 37.9 903 32.7 2,025 35.5
1996 927 32.8 903 32.4 1,830 32.5
2006 720 26.6 726 25.9 1,452 26.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 390 32.6 903 39.6 555 36.6 177 22.7
1996 372 40.3 831 37.3 474 24.6 153 13.8
2006 198 29.3 609 30.0 522 21.2 123 9.4
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 570 26.5 102 36.2 12 26.3 3 3.0 63 14.6 720 26.7
Female 555 24.9 180 47.0 15 21.2 3 2.7 72 19.5 726 25.9
Total 1,131 25.8 285 43.2 21 30.4 15 12.1 144 20.4 1,452 26.4
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Knowledge and Skills

Participation in early childhood education

The number of 3 and 4 year olds enrolled in early childhood education centres or home-based education programmes as a proportion of all 3 and 4 year olds, and the number and proportion of Year 1 students who indicated they have attended some form of early childhood education.

"Apparent" participation rate, 3 and 4 year olds (numbers can add to more than 100%)
Year Participation rate % Number enrolled
3 year 4 year Total 3 year 4 year Total
2001 103 111 107 154 136 290
2002 90 103 97 109 154 263
2003 105 102 104 119 124 243
2004 98 119 109 116 137 253
2005 103 126 115 119 146 265
2006 117 100 108 134 115 249
2007 107 109 108 129 133 262
2008 112 134 123 145 159 304
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 104 95.4 25 89.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 129 92.8
2001 116 96.7 14 82.4 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 132 95.0
2002 88 92.6 16 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 106 93.8
2003 116 94.3 22 91.7 1 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 141 94.0
2004 95 100.0 18 94.7 1 100.0 3 75.0 0 0.0 117 98.3
2005 87 98.9 29 96.7 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 117 98.3
2006 93 100.0 23 95.8 2 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 120 99.2
2007 74 100.0 21 95.5 3 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 99 99.0
2008 77 98.7 28 84.8 2 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 110 94.8

School leavers with higher qualifications

The proportion of school leavers who had attained a qualification at National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 2 or above, and the proportion who leave with Bursary and above.

School leavers with higher qualifications, by sex
Year NCEA Level 2 or higher Bursary or higher
Sex (%) Total Sex (%) Total
Male Female Number % Male Female Number %
2005 45.5 43.5 45 44.6 12.7 13.0 13 12.9
2006 56.0 52.4 50 54.3 ..s 14.3 10 10.9
2007 46.7 64.2 55 56.1 ..s ..s 20 20.4
School leavers with higher qualifications, by ethnicity
NCEA Level 2 or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 36 52.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 45 44.6
2006 41 59.4 5 41.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 50 54.3
2007 41 59.4 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 55 56.1
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 12 17.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 13 12.9
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 10 10.9
2007 16 23.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 20 20.4

Educational attainment of the adult population

The proportion of adults aged 25 - 64 years with an educational attainment of at least upper secondary school level.

Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by age and sex, 2006
Sex 25 - 44 45 - 64 25 - 64
Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary 
Male 750 76.9 828 68.3 1,575 72.1
Female 906 84.1 867 70.5 1,776 76.9
Total 1,656 80.7 1,695 69.4 3,348 74.5
At least tertiary
Male 153 15.7 150 12.4 303 13.9
Female 249 23.1 177 14.4 426 18.4
Total 399 19.4 327 13.4 729 16.2
Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary
1986 1,947 54.7 114 34.9 6 25.0 12 40.0 3 50.0 2,043 52.9
1991 2,277 58.5 159 41.1 12 33.3 33 73.3 3 50.0 2,445 56.8
1996 2,304 58.7 183 38.4 30 52.6 18 37.5 6 66.7 2,421 56.4
2001 2,730 71.2 198 50.8 27 75.0 48 80.0 3 100.0 2,901 69.8
2006 3,147 76.2 261 58.8 33 68.8 48 69.6 9 100.0 3,348 74.5
At least tertiary
1986 186 5.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 189 4.9
1991 201 5.2 3 0.8 3 8.3 9 20.0 0 0.0 213 5.0
1996 249 6.3 6 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 33.3 255 5.9
2001 417 10.9 18 4.6 0 0.0 12 20.0 0 0.0 435 10.5
2006 699 16.9 33 7.4 6 12.5 15 21.7 3 33.3 729 16.2
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Paid Work

Workplace injury claims

The number of workplace accident insurance claims reported to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), excluding those employees who received accident and emergency treatment only.

December year Number of claims by sex % of claims by sex
Male Female Total Male Female
2002 249 53 302 82.5 17.5
2003 356 83 439 81.1 18.9
2004 374 99 473 79.1 20.9
2005 412 140 552 74.6 25.4
2006 423 104 527 80.3 19.7
2007 357 104 461 77.4 22.6
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Economic Standard of Living

Population with low incomes

The proportion of people living in households with real gross income less than 60 per cent of the median household equivalised national income benchmarked at 2001.

Population with low incomes, by ethnicity
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,647 26.4 228 38.0 18 37.5 12 25.0 3 20.0 1,809 26.9
1991 2,031 33.7 384 51.2 27 36.0 21 29.2 6 66.7 2,355 34.9
1996 1,965 30.6 432 45.4 39 33.3 45 57.7 0 0.0 2,280 32.2
2001 1,230 19.8 246 33.6 24 30.8 18 23.1 3 33.3 1,437 21.1
2006 1,326 20.0 249 30.4 27 28.1 36 30.8 0 0.0 1,515 21.0
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 657 35.2 111 12.3 447 23.4 267 20.6 330 43.8 1,809 26.9
1991 696 41.8 189 24.8 567 28.9 429 29.1 477 54.3 2,355 34.9
1996 711 39.8 183 25.7 504 26.0 435 25.7 447 46.6 2,280 32.2
2001 390 25.1 99 18.0 282 15.8 300 15.7 366 35.7 1,437 21.1
2006 384 24.7 87 18.0 255 14.1 354 15.9 438 37.9 1,515 21.0
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 867 25.2 942 28.8
1991 1,119 32.9 1,236 37.0
1996 1,092 30.7 1,188 33.6
2001 645 19.0 792 23.1
2006 711 19.7 807 22.4

Household crowding

The proportion of the population living in crowded housing (ie requiring one or more additional bedrooms, as defined by the Canadian Crowding Index).

Household crowding, by ethnicity
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 666 8.9 204 23.1 15 20.8 9 13.0 0 0.0 876 10.3
1991 429 5.6 219 21.9 39 36.1 12 12.9 0 0.0 669 7.6
1996 377 5.2 224 18.4 44 28.0 12 13.2 2 11.8 582 7.0
2001 249 3.5 147 14.8 27 25.0 12 11.1 0 0.0 411 5.0
2006 189 2.6 120 12.1 12 9.8 12 9.8 0 0.0 288 3.5
Household crowding, by age
Year 0 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 222 14.6 132 14.7 210 16.4 216 8.9 81 5.2 9 1.1 876 10.3
1991 192 12.6 90 11.7 144 12.5 171 6.6 60 3.4 9 0.9 669 7.6
1996 196 13.7 80 12.4 93 9.8 154 6.7 48 2.4 11 1.0 582 7.0
2001 117 9.2 63 9.9 69 9.1 111 5.2 36 1.6 6 0.5 411 5.0
2006 81 7.0 36 5.9 51 7.7 75 3.6 36 1.4 9 0.7 288 3.5
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 447 10.3 429 10.3
1991 339 7.6 327 7.5
1996 279 6.6 303 7.3
2001 198 4.9 213 5.1
2006 141 3.4 147 3.6
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Civil and Political Rights

Voter turnout - local authority elections

The proportion of all enrolled electors (both resident and ratepayer) who cast a vote in territorial authority elections.

Election year 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Voter turnout (%) 69.0 71.0 64.7 73.0 64.0 59.0 56.0

Representation of women in local government

The proportion of female council and mayoral candidates, and elected members or mayors, in local authority elections.

Election activity 2001 2004 2007
Council Mayor Council Mayor Council Mayor
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Women candidates 5 36.0 0 0.0 6 35.0 1 25.0 6 40.0 1 50.0
Women voted in 3 33.0 0 n/a 3 33.0 1 n/a 5 56.0 1 n/a
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Cultural Identity

Māori language speakers

The number of Māori who can hold a conversation about everyday things in Māori, as a proportion of the Māori population, and the total number of Māori speakers as a proportion of the total population.

Speakers of Māori 0 - 14 15 - 29 30 - 49 50 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1996 Māori 69 12.8 45 15.3 60 19.2 36 33.3 36 60.0 252 19.2
Total population 87 4.0 60 3.9 78 3.0 48 3.4 36 2.9 309 3.5
2001 Māori 36 9.0 51 22.4 51 19.3 39 28.9 27 39.1 189 17.3
Total population 51 2.6 63 5.1 63 2.5 57 3.2 27 2.1 264 3.0
2006 Māori 42 10.6 30 14.3 42 15.4 27 18.8 21 31.8 168 15.4
  Total population 51 2.8 45 4.2 54 2.1 45 2.2 30 2.1 228 2.6

Language retention

The proportion of people who can speak the "first language" (excluding English) of their ethnic group, for ethnic groups (other than Māori) with an established resident population in New Zealand.

  Born in NZ Overseas born Total
2001 2006 2001 2006 2001 2006
Language retention  (%) 18.4 11.9 72.5 75.0 42.7 36.1
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Physical Environment

Drinking water quality (can be more than 100% and highly variable)

The proportion of the estimated resident population who receive their water from community water supplies whose drinking water complies with either the 2000 or 2005 Drinking-water standards for New Zealand relating to E. coli and Cryptosporidium.

Year E. coli (%) Cryptosporidium (%)
2001 0.0 0.0
2002 0.0 0.0
2003 67.2 0.0
2004 67.8 0.0
2005 66.7 0.0
2006/2007 66.1 0.0
2007/2008 49.3 0.0

Safety

Road casualties

The number of people injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the total population.

Year Injuries Deaths
Number Rate per 100,000 Rate per 100,000
2001 35 399.1 34.2
2002 32 358.3 22.4
2003 44 496.6 45.1
2004 58 656.1 0.0
2005 39 442.7 0.0
2006 38 431.3 22.7
2007 45 492.3 32.8
2008 35 380.8 21.8
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Social Connectedness

Telephone and internet access in the home

The proportion of the population with telephone and internet access in the home.

Telephone access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
1996 95.9 83.8 88.7 96.7 100.0 94.0 95.2 93.3 91.1 94.2 97.3 96.4 94.5
2001 98.1 89.3 91.9 97.3 66.7 96.6 97.8 97.1 95.2 96.5 98.7 98.2 97.2
2006 98.9 96.7 95.1 97.6 100.0 98.1 98.7 98.3 97.7 98.1 98.8 98.8 98.4
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 41.1 23.6 24.3 32.4 0.0 39.9 39.5 46.2 41.8 45.4 40.2 ..s 39.7
2006 67.3 48.5 46.3 65.9 71.4 66.4 65.4 73.1 63.5 72.3 70.5 ..s 66.0
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